Improved chair and cradle



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEOEGE W. HAWK, OF CHICAGO, rLLmoisj Specification forming part ofLetters Patent No. 47,542, dated May 2, 1865.

To alZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, GEORGE W. HAWK, of the city of Chicago, in the countyof Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Convertible Baby Chair and Cradle; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and theletters and figures marked thereon, which form part of thisspecification.

The nature of my said invention consists in so constructing the partscomposing a cradle that by an easy and simple rearrangement thereof thecradle is converted into a chair.

To enable `those skilled in the art to understand how to construct anduse my invention,

I will proceed to describe the same with particularity, reference beingmade in so doing to the aforesaid drawings, in which- Figure 1represents a side elevation of my invention; Fig. 2, a vertical centralsection thereof, taken at the line win Fig. 3; and Fig. 3 represents aplan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference in the different figures denotecorresponding parts of my invention.

A A represent the cradle, as shown by the full lines in Fig. 1, B Bbeing the rockers thereof, the upper parts thereof being pivoted to thestraps b, the other end of which is pivoted to the side walls of thecradle, as shown.

C C represent either end of the cradle. The cradle is constructed in twoparts, as shown, connected at the top by a hinge, a, o representing twopins projecting in opposite directions from each of the said parts ofthe cradle, which serve to support the parts of the bottom of thecradle. The said parts of thebottom are also fastened together at thecenter by means of a hook and loop, as hereinafter more fully described.By simply unhooking said last-mentionedhook the parts of the chair maybe turned up about the hinge a into a vertical position, as indicated bythe dark dotted lines in Fig. 1, the two ends of the cradle meeting atthe top, as indicated in Fig. 3, the said ends being so cut out as, whenarranged as shown, to form the hole C', above which the head and arms ofthe child when in the chair project. After the cradle has beenconverted, as shown in the dotted lines in Fig. l, into a chair, therockers B B may be brought up into the position shown by the red dottedlines inA Fig. 1, which thus form a tabletop for said chair, as clearlyseen in Figs. 2 and 3, the two parts of said table being held inposition by means of the hook and staple e e, or by any other suitabledevice. or projections c, hereinbefore mentioned, serve as feet orsupports for the chair. The bottom of the cradle is constructed `in veseparate parts, hinged or connected together, so that when the cradle isconverted into a chair the several parts of the bottom may form theWalls, bottom, and seat o f the chair, making a close box-chair, keepingout the cold and protecting the child.

The manner in which the parts are arranged in the chair is shownin Fig.2.

The part marked H represents one-haltl of the bottom ofthe cradle, thepart marked F E being in that case folded back upon the part H, and thepart G, together with the part D, arranged as shown by the dotted lines.from the other part of said bottom.

The part marked F is pivoted or hinged at f, and the part E is hingedtoF at g. At the outer edge ot' the seat D there is a groove, and uponthe -upper edge of E there is a corresponding lip, which enters intosaid groove, when the hook and staple hold` the parts securely together,and thus the parts D E F G H form a close chair, as aforesaid. When thechair is arranged or converted into a cradle, the table B B isbroughtdown to the position indicated by the dark dotted lines in Fig.1, and the hook d detached from itscorresponding loop or staple and thechair opened and arranged as shown by the full lines `in Fig. 1. Theparts E F are then folded back upon the part H and the seat Dbroughtdown to the position shown by the dotted lines, bringing theouter edge of D in contiguity with H, when a hook upon H is hooked intothe staple upon D, and the bottom is thus securely ar-` ranged and theVcradle is completed. The rockers B B are secured in their variouspositions by means of pins or other suitable devices entering the side Aand the ends C.

I represents a revolving hoop suspendedl above the chair, as shown,fromwhich various toys may be suspended by cords, as shown, and saidcords should be of `such length as'to In this form the pins allow the105s to hang just above the surface ers B B, operating substantially asand for of the table. The same device may also be the purposes hereinshown and described. used upon the cradle to support a net or can- 2.Constructing the bottom of the cradle of opy, if desired. ve parts, D EF G H, when arranged and Having described the construction andoperoperating as and for the purposes specified ation 0f my convertiblebaby chair and cradle, and shown.

I will now specify what I claim and desire to Gr. W. HAWK. secure byLetters Patent. Witnesses? '1. The combination and arrangement of the Y.W. E. MANS, two sections A A, the ends C C, and the rock- L. L. COBURN.

